Kate is the author of After the Fall, coming January 24, 2017 from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. A former teacher and grant writer, she now owns a treehouse-building business in the Ozarks and hosts the Badass Ladies You Should Know interview series.

Thanks for linking to jessica verday's short story. I'm the one she's helping with the scholarship and it really meant a lot. Everyone should buy the story...but please apply for the scholarship too if you can...or spread the word. :)